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17 March 2023 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8017 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 17 March 2023

Ombudsman shows the way; free cut-out; Court of Appeal goes weedy; housing rent increase trap; new royal warrant plea.

NO FOOL

They should get the Legal Ombudsman in to clear listing backlogs. He knows what to do with freeing up time to get rid of his pile of headaches. For complaints received after 31 March 2023, the time limits for referral and associated cursing to the Ombudsman are axed down from the later of one year from the date of the relevant act or omission, instead of six years, and one year from when the complainant should have realised there was cause to complain, instead of three years. Against this, the width of discretion to accept out of time complaints is widened. Fair and reasonable to extend is substituted for the exceptional circumstances test. The discretion to dismiss a complaint is to be available on further grounds including no significant loss, distress, inconvenience or detriment to the complainant and the size and complexity of the complaint or complainant’s behaviour resulting in disproportionate use of resources. Client care letters and website

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NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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